In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United States in front of the world, Abernathy responded, "Well, doesn't the ...

Though the original journey was cut short after the Freedom Riders were repeatedly brutalized, including by Klansman, it inspired hundreds of others to join the bus desegregation movement ...

Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the civil rights movement gain ...

Person joined the Freedom Riders when he was just 18 years old. Among the riders were a young Person, John Lewis, and Hank Thomas, who is the only living Freedom Rider. There are 13 original members.

Charlie Perkins and a group of students toured regional NSW in the name of justice, residents can see the change.

SHORTLY INTO THE RIDE, THEIR COVER WAS BLOWN, AND THE FREEDOM RIDERS WERE VERBALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR FELLOW PASSENGERS FOR MUCH OF THE SEVEN-HOUR TRIP. HE FLEW SOUTH, AND BECAME THE 67TH FREEDOM ...

Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died on Wednesday in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82.

Person is one of only two surviving original 13 freedom riders from the history making 1961 civil rights effort. Person holds a photo showing the incident where he was beaten (he's in a white ...

Person joined the Freedom Riders when he was just 18 years old. Among the riders were a young Person, John Lewis, and Hank Thomas, who is the only living Freedom Rider. There are 13 original members.

Between the collection boxes, direct donations and donations from members of the Freedom Riders-Libby Chapter, 1,271 pounds of non-perishable food were delivered to the Libby pantry Wednesday ...